Getting Closer

Congratulations to the Walton Family who just received their CIS letter and will be on the waitlist soon... We feel so lucky to be going through the process with other families (who happen to be in close proximity) and to experience the adoption steps at the same time. We're hopeful that we'll get to travel with these families as the adoption nears.

We too received a letter from CIS - but ours stated they needed us to send us an original form rather than a copy of a notarized letter. So, we ran to Gladney last week and put the original in the mail. Apparently CIS has always taken copies but we were the lucky ones who got to send an original this time.

Hopefully we'll be celebrating with the Waltons this week and will get to experience all the joy and anticiaption that being on the waitlist brings. It's times like this that I'm learning the art of "reframing" situations and approaching this process with gratitude and patience.

Happy Thanksgiving...